I had some blood work done recently & my WBC & neutrophils were high. I was just getting done with taking prednisone for a few days & was told this would affect the results. How much can it make the WBC rise? My WBC have doubled what they were a few months ago.

I know it's not THAT high. Just nearly double what it was before. I had a severe kidney infection in June & my WBC count was only 17.2, even with a kidney infection!

Must just be the prednisone then. I was on 20 mg, and when I had the blood draw, I was weaning off (I only took it for 7 days). I am sure the new labs will show a reduced WBC count... I thought I would hear on the results today, but I guess I have to wait until tomorrow!

Oh, everyone knows I was taking the prednisone. The doctor just wanted to recheck it, she figured it was from the prednisone. They are rechecking my serum protein again, too, since that was high. I will post the latest labs when I hear.

I got my ER labs back & those were 2 days after this lab with elevated WBC was taken. Protein & Albumin were normal (even though I was VERY dehydrated & had to have IV!!?! They were way off 2 days before. It's really weird.) The WBC were high, but not as high as 2 days before, so I am sure it was just the Prednisone. My potassium was low. Sodium was right on the line of being low (137 - bottom without being abnormal). CPK (not sure what this is) was low, but I guess that's good. It was <20 & it should be 30-135. MCH was high. Not sure what that is either.

Everything seems okay, though, I guess. This sinus infection is not clearing up though. Grrr.....